Sunday, May 17, 2009

Hot in recession: SPAM

Hot in recession: SPAM, Chocolate & running shoes....
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer – Sat May 16, 12:27 pm ET

WASHINGTON – It's not all doom and gloom in the U.S. economy. Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves.
Sales of chocolate and running shoes are up. Wine drinkers haven't stopped sipping; they just seem to be choosing cheaper vintages.
Gold coins are selling like hot cakes. So are gardening seeds. Tanning products are piling up in shopping carts; maybe more people are finding color in a bottle than from sun-worshipping on a faraway beach.
Strong sales of SPAM, Dinty Moore stew and chili helped Hormel Foods Corp. post a 6 percent increase in first quarter sales in its grocery products unit..... ...
            
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4 comments:

mat said...

Yea I don't the breweries bitchin too much either.

rac said...

When the 'Big One' comes all that will be left are cockroaches and Spam.

Rod said...

Well, we can then eat um both!

Joanna said...

If we're here...